8 Cu in receptacle boxes?

Is the only thing you could use those really shallow 8 cu in electrical boxes for like 1 receptical at the end of a run or a switch as part of a switch loop? Do I have it right that 8 cu in only allows two 14 awg conducts and a neutral plus one device, switch or receptacle?

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One 14ga cable, one switch (or receptacle), one ground wire constitutes 10 cu in. Last time I checked, that was more than 8. To be code compliant, you can only use the 8 cu in box for one 14ga cable and a non-strap mounted device (smoke detector, light fixture, etc.)

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One 14ga cable, one switch (or receptacle), one ground wire constitutes 10 cu in. Last time I checked, that was more than 8. To be code compliant, you can only use the 8 cu in box for one 14ga cable and a non-strap mounted device (smoke detector, light fixture, etc.)

Yeah thats right. I had looked at this, found on the RD family handyman site. It is somewhat misleading, seems to say at first glance that each HOt and Neutral should be counted as one.

1 – for each hot and neutral wire entering the box
1 – for all the ground wires combined
1 – for all the cable clamps combined (if any)
2 – for each device (switch or outlet—but not light fixtures)
Multiply the total by 2 for 14 guage wire.

I know better, that each conductor, neutral or hot counts as one. Just caught me off guard. Those boxes are more useless than they seemed before...